The Great Annihilator

Rolling Stone (10/5/95, p.69) - 3 Stars - Good - "...The music has opened up a great deal. Acoustic guitar and nearly New Age electronic pastels are as likely to be part of the mix as the band's signature metallic harshness..." Alternative Press (5/95, pp.80-82) - "...Swans are a call to glorious nullification that resounds in attempts to escape corporal existence and despair. It's a space that is either foreboding, all too real, or soothing...but no matter how you get there, THE GREAT ANNIHILATOR is intense, exhilarating, and believe it--very beautiful..." Option (5-6/95, p.136) - "...this music is both grandiose and meticulously detailed; rather than pop's recklessly forward momentum and instant gratification..." NME (Magazine) (1/28/95, p.48) - 6 - Good - "...A soundtrack of serial killer ballads and Faustian pacts....The lyrics veer from hysteria to hysterical...add the music...and, as with fellow nightcrawler Nick Cave, it all clicks into place..." Paste (magazine) - "What hasn't changed is how dazzling the album is in its eclecticism. The band never made an album that pulled together all of its respective eras quite so effectively."